account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
by today; before the day is over
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
polish; improvement; burnishing
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
choker (type of necklace)
dipping; soaking; immersing
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
serious illness; dangerous disease
older sister; elder sister
large amount of money; great cost
tearfully; in tears; weeping; reluctantly; unwillingly; with a heavy heart
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
articulation; speaking one's lines smoothly; reciting one's lines well
absorption; suction; aspiration; attraction; draw
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
victim; injured party; sufferer
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short
small; fine; detailed; stingy
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith
outline; summary; gist; basic points
even if ...; even supposing that ...
definite decision; final decision
generously; liberally; magnanimously
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to